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General Cornwallis visits Colonial Willamsburg October 2007
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William Penn: Proprietor of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is not named after William Penn who received the 45,000-square mile territory from Charles II in repayment of a debt owed to his wealthy father. Penn wanted to call the land he acquired “New Wales” or “Sylvania,” but Charles II decided on Pennsylvania-Penn’s forest-in honor of Penn’s father. Penn, an early convert to the Quaker faith was the largest individual landowner in the colonie… |
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The Colonial Period of American History: The Settlements Volume III: 3 (American Council of Learning Societies) £16.15 … |
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The Boston Tea Party (Graphic History) £1.37 … |
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